Name: The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud
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Author: Cecilia Rikap
ISBN: 9781804297346

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The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud

Type

Physical Book

Author

Cecilia Rikap

Publisher

Verso Books

Year

2026

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.368 x 15.24 cm

ISBN13

9781804297346

The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud

Cecilia Rikap (Author) · Verso Books · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud"

A brilliant analysis of capital accumulation in the AI era that charts a roadmap for battling against the predatory concentration of knowledge, data and narratives in the hands of Big Tech, by award winning economist.

Capitalism’s rulers are not abstract entities or shadowy operators. Amazon, Microsoft and Google are the cloud hegemons that subsume the world through the exercise of their intellectual monopolies. Giants like Disney, McDonalds, Nike or Walmart depend on them to use AI for knowledge and value extraction and for disciplining workers. States see some of their core functions sequestered. Innovation is not a free and neutral game, but a hierarchy topped by the rulers.

Rikap’s new theoretical framework is grounded in a unique trove of 112 interviews at the world’s largest firms and data on venture capital, acquisitions, open source, AI conferences and patents. They picture a map of the complexities and political implications of corporate power. In Rikap’s counterimage, technology is developed by the people and for the people and the planet through democratic planning.

Cecilia Rikap

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Cecilia Rikap es una economista e investigadora argentina especializada en economía de la innovación, poder corporativo y capitalismo contemporáneo. Es doctora en Economía por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y también realizó estudios en Francia, consolidando una trayectoria académica internacional.

Actualmente se desempeña como profesora e investigadora en el University College London, donde analiza el rol de las grandes corporaciones tecnológicas en la economía global. Su trabajo se centra en cómo estas empresas concentran conocimiento, datos y poder, influyendo en la competencia, la innovación y las desigualdades.

Rikap es autora de diversos artículos académicos y del libro Capitalism, Power and Innovation, en el que examina el surgimiento de lo que denomina “capitalismo de redes corporativas”. Su enfoque combina teoría económica con análisis crítico, aportando una mirada contemporánea sobre los desafíos del capitalismo en la era digital.

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